Wheeled sounding toy



H. E. BOEDECKER WHEELED SOUNDING TOY 'd Sept. '25 1922 July 22 1924.

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Patented duly 22, 1924.

narran stares HABE/Y E, BOEDECKEE, OF BE'NHAM, KENTUCKY.

WHEELED SOUNDING TOY.

Application led September 25, 1922. Serial No. 590,453.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

wSe it known that l, HARRY Bonnroxnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Benliam. in the county of Harlan and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Wvheeled Sounding Toys, of which the following is aspeci.- fication.

This invention relates to wheeled sounding toys Aand has as its general object to provide a toy which may be propelled to the amusement of children and which will, while in use, give off pleasing musical sounds.

Another object of the invention is to providey a `wheeled toy of the class above referred to which will possess certain me chanical features which, while simple in their nature, will at the same time be more or less instructive and of interest to the child making use of the toy. f

Another object of the invention is to p1o.

vide a novel construction of soundcreating device for embodiment in a vwheeled toy, the device being designed to more or less accurately reproduce the ywarbley of ra bird.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the sound creating devices of the invention.

The toy embodying the invention comprises a standard which is indicated in general by the numeral 1 and which is provided at its 'lower end with a fork 2 within which is rotatably mounted a ground Wheel 3 which if desired may be provided with a rubber tire a, the wheel being fixed upon a shaft 5 which is rotatably mounted in i suitable bearings 6 at the lower ends of the arms of the fork. At its upper end the standard 1 is provided with handle bars 7 having hand grips 8 which may be grasped for the purpose of propelling the toy over Ythe ground surface.

The sound creating` device embodying the invention comprises an air compressor consisting preferably of a cylinder 9 within which works a piston 10 connected as at 11 to a crank arm 12 fixed upon one end of the shaft 5. The upper end of the cylinder 9 is supported by a bracket 13 mount ed for oscillation upon a head M fixed 4upon the standard 1, and the said upper end of the cylinder opens into a reed which is indicated in general by the numeral 15. The said reed comprises a tube 16 having a restricted air passage 17 in communication at itslower end with the upper end of the cylinder 9. The vent of the reed Ais indi cated by the numeral 18 and it will be evident that in the use of the toy and as the same is propelledover the ground surface, the air compressed by the piston 1() wil be forced through the air passage and passing the vent 18 will produce the sound of a whistle. The reed 15 above the vent 18 is continued upwardly toy provide a tubular extension 19 which extends into and supports a water reservoir indicated bythe numeral Q0. The said/reservoir is prefer'- ably of vcylindrical form and has fitted to its lower end a closure cap 21which mayv be held inplace either by friction or any suitable mechanical means. The upper end of the reservoir 2() isclosedl as indicated 'by the numeral 22,and the cap 91 is provided with a small vent opening 23 preferably located; centrally thereof. The reservoir 20 is obliquely disposed'y with `relation to the axis of the reed 15 and the upper or discharge end of the extension 19 of the said reedV terminates substantially within a corner of the upper end of the said reservoir as clearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. Y

From the foregoing description of the invention it will be understood that as the toy is propelled over the ground surface, the piston 10 will be reciprocated to intermittently force a draft of air through the reed 15, part of the currents passing the vent 18 and part passing up through the extension 19 and into the reservoir 20. Prior to use of the toy the reservoir 20 is practically lilled with water and due to the mobility of this fluid, the air currents issuing from the vent 18 will be disturbed in such a manner as to produce a warbling sound. The airv entering the reservoir 2O will of course be under somewhat more than atmospheric pressure and consequent-ly the liquid which has been introduced into the reservoir will be'intermittently discharged in small volumes through the aperture 23 thereby adding an attractive feature to the toy, although it will be understood that if this should be found undesirable, the reservoir 20 might be so positioned as to preclude discharge of the water through the aperture 23.

I-Iaving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. In a wheeled sounding toy, a standard, a ground wheel mounted thereon, a cylinder, a piston working in the cylinder and having operative connection with the said wheel, a sounding reed leading upwardly from the upper end of the cylinder, and a water reservoir into which the end of the said reed projects, the reed having a vent exterior to said reservoir.

2. In a wheeled sounding toy, a standard, a ground wheel mounted thereon, a cylinder upon the standard, a piston working in the cylinder and having operative connection with the said wheel,a sounding reed leading from the upper end of the cylinder, and a water reservoir supported upon the upper end of the said reed and in 'communication therewith, the reed having a Vent exterior to the reservoir.

3. In a wheeled sounding toy, a standard, a ground wheel mounted thereon7 a cylinder supported upon the standard, a piston working in the cylinder and having operative connectionwith the said wheel, a sounding reed leading from the upper end of the cylinder, anda water reservoir supported by the said reed, the upper end por tion of the reed projecting into the reservoir through the'circumferential wall thereof and terminating adjacent the upper closed end of the reservoir, the said reservoir being obliquely disposed, andy the said reed having a vent exterior to the reservoir.

4. In a wheeled sounding toy, a standard, a ground wheel mounted thereon, a cylinder supported upon the standard, a piston working in the cylinder and having operac tive connection with the said wheel, a

sounding reed leading from the upper end of the cylinder, a water reservoir obliquely supported upon the said reed, the upper end port-ion of the reed extending into the reservoir and terminating close to the upper closed end thereof, the reservoir being open at its lower end, and a cap fitted on to the lower end of the reservoir Vand provided with an outlet orifice, the said reed having a vent exteriorv to the reservoir.

5. In a wheeled sounding toy, a standard, a ground wheel mounted thereon, a cylinder supported for oscillatory motion upon the standard, a piston working in the cylinder and having operative connection with the said wheel to provide lfor reciprocation of the piston upon rotation of the wheel, a tubular sounding reed leading from the closed upper end of the cylinder, a cylindrical water reservoir supported upon the said reed above the cylinder, the said reed eX- tending into the wall of the'water reservoir at an oblique angle and terminating adja-IV cent the closed upper end of the reservoir, and a cap closing the lower end of the reser voir and constituting the bottom thereof, the said lcap having a perforation of small diameter therein.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

HARRY E. BOEDECKER. [Ls] 

